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November 2023

An Amazing Instructable

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I ran across an amazing Intractable that I am going to try to build. Have you ever had one of those nights when you wanted to do some astrophotography but, oh, woe, it was just too much trouble to drag all that equipment out? Well, how about a miniature astrophotography observatory you can hold in your hands. User MatHh, on Instrucables, has developed just that. It's driven by a Raspberry Pi and uses a Raspberry Pi Hi Quality camera. Here's the link:

https://www.instructables.com/Pi-lomar-3D-Printed-Working-Miniature-Observatory-/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email

It's not an inexpensive project to undertake. I estimate about $400.00 plus you need a good sized 3D printer. I think my Ender 6 is just big enough to handle all the pieces. This ought to be a fun project. It will probably take quite some time as most of the work will be weekend work but I'm going to start on it in the next couple of weeks. I'll post updates on the progress here.

Happy sky hunting, everyone.
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